Buckle.



PATENTED JULY 7, 1908.

' I No. 892,925.

W. P. ASTON.

I BUCKLE:

APPLICATION mum NOV. 13. 1901.

In ventor Aft WALTER F. ASTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Iateinted July 7, 1908.

Application filed. November 13, 1907. Serial No. 401,917.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, WALTER F. ASTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Buckles, of which the following is a s iecification.

My invention re ates to clench buckles of the rustless type and my objects are to produce a buckle which will lie fiat on the web -under draft, hold securely when in use and be so webbed as to protect the garments of the wearer from contact with the metal. I at- -tain these objects in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a front View of my buckle; Fig. 2 a back view, Fig. 3 a view in section show ing the web engaged therewith; and Fig. 4 a

modification, in section, showing the web engaged therewith.

The front 1 may be of an desired shape or design and is provided wit the cup ed ears 2 and 3. The back is composed 0 a lever which includes a serrated gripping member 4 2-5 and finger piece 5 at substantial y ri ht anles to one another. The pivots 6 and 7 proect from the back and engage the ears 2 and 3 on the front thereby hinging the two parts together. The front 1 may have the teeth 8 pro'ecting inwardly below the line of the ears as s own in Fig. 4.

In use-the wcbis looped around the back and sewed, the free end is then rove through the chaps 9 and up on itself being carried through the space between the front and of the lever and theback of the front, where it is securely held.

As shown in Figs. 3 and 4 the web passes through in a straight line and the buckle lies fiat under draft. The metal in the back is covered by the web and does not come into contact with the garments of the wearer.

If the modification shown in Fig. 4 is used any downward pull on thebuckle forces the web into the teeth 8 on the front and pre vents downward slipping.

I claim In combination with a web, and a chape, a buckle composed of a front member and a back member spaced therefrom and formed of a lever which includes a grip ing member and a finger piece, said web being looped around sald back so as to inclose said gripping member and finger piece and being.

sewed below the lower end of said finger piece, the free end of said web being passed through said cha e and through said space between said bacr and front members and being clamped to the front by said lever.

,In testimony, whereof I have afiixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALTER F. ASTON.

Witnesses:

DAVID J. WAGNER, J USTIN S. GALLANn 

